A Compound Information Model for High-Level Synthesis
Peter Conradi, Nikil D. Dutt · 1995
High-level design and behavioral synthesis are the next natural steps in the evolution of CAD tools, dealing with the new generation of complex designs. Hence, a necessary future step in this progress of design automation is the standardization on more abstract levels of design. The basic problem is the lack of a good information model for high-level design. While the structure representation can be adapted from the CFI DR efforts, information models at the behavioral level are still not existent. This paper will outline the ingredients of a compact information model for high-level synthesis (HLS) from high-level languages such as VHDL. Our contribution in this work is the presentation of an Information Model for HLS that captures the desired representations in a closed and minimized manner. The work is based on experiences with different HLS tools and algorithms at University California, Irvine.